Let us look back at what we have so far done. Having
already in Part B discussed the perennial but crude
endeavours to portray the psyche in terms of "faculties"
or of "sensations", we turned in Part C to the finer
analyses and syntheses that have been accomplished in
the course of the ages. And such a quest appeared to
fall naturally into two main divisions, which respectively
concerned mental constitution and mental laws; a distinction akin to that between structure and function.
The two would appear to be mutual supplements. Some
structure must precede and initiate function. But then
the functioning in its turn must modify the structure;
and so forth, indefinitely. In Part C we have been
considering only the structure. Let us pick out and
recapitulate what have appeared to be its principal
features.

As the central fact, we readily found the universe to
consist of indefinitely numerous Individuals undergoing
Experiences in a physical Environment. But so soon as
we inquired into the nature of these Individuals we came
upon very great difficulties and irreconcilable doctrines.
To the question there appear to have been, and still to

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